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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 20, the author was back in Mexico and he only had how much time to find Caballo?
(a) 72 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 36 hours.
(d) 48 hours.

2. How long of a jog was the author on when he felt a shooting pain in his foot in Chapter 2?
(a) 3-mile.
(b) 10-mile.
(c) 5-mile.
(d) 14-mile.

3. Runners in the Leadville Trail 100 race climb and descend how many feet?
(a) 3,800.
(b) 9,600.
(c) 15,600.
(d) 23,700.

4. The first non-Tarahumara runner to finish was almost how far behind the winner in the Leadville Trail 100 race in 1993?
(a) Forty minutes.
(b) Ten minutes.
(c) Twenty minutes.
(d) An hour.

5. At the census of 2005, Creel, Chihuahua had a population of how many inhabitants?
(a) 12,982.
(b) 6,723.
(c) 9,211.
(d) 5,338.

Short Answer Questions

1. The night before the race in Chapter 30, how many competitors were there?

2. The only person the author found who knew anything of Caballo Blanco was an editor of what magazine in Chapter 18?

3. What was the name of Jenn Shelton's boyfriend who went with her to Mexico to race in Chapter 21?

4. How had the author felt after his article was published in Chapter 18?

5. What did Jenn Shelton read about to prepare for the race, as described in Chapter 22?

(see the answer key)

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